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<p>Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), the famous Japanese Ukiyo-e Print artist said,</p>
<p>"From the ago of five I have had passion for sketching the form of
things, from about the age of fifty I showed a number of drawings, yet
of all I drew prior to my seventies there is truly nothing of any great
note. When I was seventy-two I finally made out something of the shape
of grasses and trees, the structure of birds and other animals, insects,
fishes. Therefore when I become eighty I shall have made more progress;
in my nineties I shall have penetrated even further the hidden meaning
of things; at the age of a hundred I shall have reached the divine
mystery, and at one hundred and ten even dots and lines will surely
possess a life of their own. I only beg those of you who will live long
enough to verify the truth of my words."</p><div class="field field-type-text field-field-contrib-user">
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